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Everything Else => Zaurus Distro Support and Discussion => Distros, Development, and Model Specific Forums => Archived Forums => Debian => Topic started by: jpmatrix on October 23, 2007, 11:43:36 am
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so here is what i've done:
from this thread,
http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2007/01/msg00034.html (http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2007/01/msg00034.html)
i took
http://armel.applieddata.net/developers/li...root-fs.tar.bz2 (http://armel.applieddata.net/developers/linux/eabi/armel-root-fs.tar.bz2)
then i put the tarball on my CF
next i reboot to pdaxii13 fabulous flash tools (!)
then i format my hda1 in ext3 :
mke2fs -j /dev/hda1
mkdir /mnt/hdd
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hdd
tar xvf /mnt/cf/armel-root-fs.tar
reboot
kernel boots then first blocking error message:
warning: unable to open an initial console
while googling, i found that i had to populate the /dev directory with console ttys :
so reboot in to pdaxii13 flash tool, then mount my hda1 then :
cd /dev
MAKEDEV console
reboot is now ok! i've the login prompt with
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (none) tty1
coooool !
although on boot i had messages about fstab, hostname, etc, ....
so i guess the system needs some tuning now
now i'm heading home to find out !!
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Thanks for this jp.
Looks like it might not be necessary to compile my own arm kernel for Titchylinux after all. I thought that there wasn't much sign of life in Debian armel. Glad to be mistaken.
I found the thread very interesting. Nice to have confirmed, as I suspected, that it is a matter of setting options for the compiler in order to build arm or armel packages/kernels. It did seem obvious. Shame that the compatibility switch doesn't work for compiling alsa stuff for my present set up.
I'll be watching this thread and those lists you linked to with interest. I'm still tempted to get into the cross-compiler game. I still like the feel of the scratchbox stuff. Haven't really got time yet, I'm trying to get properly up to speed at the Wiki.
Cheers
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so i continue:
1) configure the keyboard
download :
http://armel-debs.applieddata.net/debian/p...bs-65_armel.deb (http://armel-debs.applieddata.net/debian/pool-armel/main/c/console-tools/console-tools_0.2.3dbs-65_armel.deb)
http://armel-debs.applieddata.net/debian/p...bs-65_armel.deb (http://armel-debs.applieddata.net/debian/pool-armel/main/c/console-tools/libconsole_0.2.3dbs-65_armel.deb)
http://inv2004.googlepages.com/keymap-spitz.tar.bz2 (http://inv2004.googlepages.com/keymap-spitz.tar.bz2)
uncompress to have keymap.map
dpkg -i libconsole_0.2.3dbs-65_armel.deb
dpkg -i console-tools_0.2.3dbs-65_armel.deb
loadkeys keymap.map
cd /etc
vi rc.local
add "loadkeys /etc/keymap.map" before exit 0
2) configure hostname
cd /etc
echo zaurus > hostname
echo -ne "127.0.0.1\tzaurus\n" >> /etc/hosts
reboot
boot seems now better
but during boot, error messages about /lib/modules/2.6.22
and it's true, there nothing in it !
so at now, i'm going to "take" angstrom's !
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Thanks for sharing!
So i would like to know the next few things:
-- Setting up and running X;
-- Which favorite packages are broken;
-- Using the native toolchain
... and how do you feel about the overall performance (speed, stability, basic functionality like apm, mouse cursor/button and sound)?
Pity that I don't have enough energy now to play with my Z, let alone writing ... as I've come down with a bad cold because of the sudden change of weather (I can't blame the sun anyway)
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whow
it's late............but i finally succeed in having wifi working !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that was tough.....
and i didn't write all i've done.....
the easy part was to copy angstrom /lib/modules/2.6.22.* and /lib/firmware/* files as it was empty on my new debian
after rebooting i could find all modules without any problem
next, i wanted to have wifi working, and big difficulties begun !!! mainly i had to :
-get and install latest tzdata here:
http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/...2007h-2_all.deb (http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/tzdata/tzdata_2007h-2_all.deb)
-install wireless-tools and all required packages (libc6, libgcc1, ...)
packages were taken here :
http://armel-debs.applieddata.net/debian/pool-armel/main/ (http://armel-debs.applieddata.net/debian/pool-armel/main/)
-about networking, i don't know why but my Asus CF card is known as eth2 (i searched a lot before finding it!)
so plug the card,
iwconfig eth2 key s:my_wep_key
then configure eth2 with ifconfig for my home router
and at last, i find that i had to type that line to reach outside:
route add -net 0.0.0.0 gw 192.168.1.1 eth2
and gotcha! i could ping www.yahoo.fr !!!!!
now apt-get update is running.
ps: now i think i'll backup all this before trying apt-get dist-upgrade and installing all stuffs
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Allez France!
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i now managed to have X running, though kdrive taken from angstrom armv4tel
and i could finally launch icewm-experimental
the bad news:
-stylus pointer doesn't point where i tap on the screen, i have a "failed to open tslib device" while launching X
-the mouse jumping bug is still there!
i don't know it i should continue or go back to my debian tichy... however it seems (although not totally sure) that overall speed seems bettter than debian tichy
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2or0 got Debian EABI running properly using his patched kernel (need UBOOT, though). I am also trying this now.
https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showforum=155 (https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showforum=155)
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i now managed to have X running, though kdrive taken from angstrom armv4tel
and i could finally launch icewm-experimental
the bad news:
-stylus pointer doesn't point where i tap on the screen, i have a "failed to open tslib device" while launching X
-the mouse jumping bug is still there!
i don't know it i should continue or go back to my debian tichy... however it seems (although not totally sure) that overall speed seems bettter than debian tichy
Did you export TSLIB_TSDEVICE=/dev/input/event1 before starting X?
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Did you export TSLIB_TSDEVICE=/dev/input/event1 before starting X?
same problem, with this error message now:
Couldnt load module input
No raw modules loaded
failed to open Tslib etc...
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so
debian eabi armel is running ... but
i m still unable to have a working pointer under X ...
that should be some tweak somewhere and it should be resolved but i cannot find it...
moreover there are more broken packages than i thought compared to debian titch
mutt is not installable for example...
nor firefox...
well
i think i ve reached a point of decision :-)
ps: posted with links under debian armel ;-)
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screen pointer trouble solved!
by copying some directories from angstrom's (thanks guys!)
/usr/lib/ts/*
/usr/lix/xserver/*
but jumping mouse bug is there...
now i'm going to install some X packages to go further
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jpmatrix: Just a shot in the dark: try rmmod mousedev . See if that makes a difference with regards to mouse jitter.
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jpmatrix: Just a shot in the dark: try rmmod mousedev . See if that makes a difference with regards to mouse jitter.
YEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!
you did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i rmmod mousedev while outside of X and ran startx and xournal (mouse jumping bug favourite test software
and it works goood now!!!!!!!!
thanks for your help!
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what is armel? How does it differ and what is it good for?
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what is armel? How does it differ and what is it good for?
read this thread :
https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=24887 (https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=24887)
biggest improvement is Speed!
biggest drawback is that some packages doesn't work (yet) ... like firefox... but some can be taken from angstrom repositories
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kernel updated to 2.6.23, thanks to angstrom's :
http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/unsta...spitz/20071024/ (http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/unstable/images/spitz/20071024/)
no problemo so far
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kernel updated to 2.6.23, thanks to angstrom's :
http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/unsta...spitz/20071024/ (http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/unstable/images/spitz/20071024/)
no problemo so far
So, as far as I can figure, I could install this kernel on a regular titchy arm system, is that correct? I can't find the libertas wireless module from the Angstrom 2.6.23 module package, which is supposed to be a part of this kernel. Bummer. Can you verify that it is not there? If it is, could you clarify what I would need to do to put this kernel on my Z, and would it run with arm, not armel? That is kind of confusing in all these discussions.
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module not found
in 2.6.23/kernel/drivers/net/wireless, i have:
airo, hermes, orinoco, spectrum and hostap modules...
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i reinstalled everything from scratch, using files from there :
http://www.applieddata.net/developers/linu...mel-2007-08-27/ (http://www.applieddata.net/developers/linux/files/debian/ramdisk-armel-2007-08-27/)
it seems lots of packages are pre-installed now
i'll try to update my first thread tomorrow
by the way, initial root password is rootme
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i'm going to try youggun 2.6.23.1 kernel on my C3000. i don't know what it will give as i don't have uboot.
wish me luck
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i'm going to try youggun 2.6.23.1 kernel on my C3000. i don't know what it will give as i don't have uboot.
wish me luck
i've tried, i've played and i've lost
zaurus doesn't boot...
back off to the old angstrom 2.6.23 kernel for now
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2or0 has said explicitly that the yonggun kernel is for uboot only, so does the guide.