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Title: Android 0.9-beta For Zaurus Sl-c3x00 (spitz)
Post by: cortez on September 16, 2008, 05:31:21 pm
Hi,

I've uploaded the Poky & Android distro and included all necessary instructions on my Blog (http://www.omegamoon.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry080916-230236)
I hope you like it  

Cheers,
cortez
Title: Android 0.9-beta For Zaurus Sl-c3x00 (spitz)
Post by: matthis on September 17, 2008, 12:19:07 am
Woohoo!! Thanks for all your work! I will try now and report!!
Title: Android 0.9-beta For Zaurus Sl-c3x00 (spitz)
Post by: klaxon on September 17, 2008, 11:58:15 am
Thanks ! Could you make an image for C1000 ? It'll be great !
Title: Android 0.9-beta For Zaurus Sl-c3x00 (spitz)
Post by: cortez on September 17, 2008, 01:45:47 pm
Quote from: klaxon
Thanks ! Could you make an image for C1000 ? It'll be great !
I'll see what I can do. I'll try to build a kernel tonight for starters ;-)
Title: Android 0.9-beta For Zaurus Sl-c3x00 (spitz)
Post by: Kaze on September 22, 2008, 06:09:16 pm
hello, thanks for your hard work, any hope of seeing this build for c750?
Title: Android 0.9-beta For Zaurus Sl-c3x00 (spitz)
Post by: cortez on September 23, 2008, 01:54:34 am
Quote from: Kaze
hello, thanks for your hard work, any hope of seeing this build for c750?
When I finish the Akita image I could make an image for the c750. But only if you promise me to test it, because I don't have a c750 anymore.
Title: Android 0.9-beta For Zaurus Sl-c3x00 (spitz)
Post by: matthis on September 23, 2008, 02:33:12 am
Dear cortez, sorry for late feedback.

I tried the image on my sl-c3200, I let the updater do its work and when I came back I was booted into Poky.
The problem was, there was no android directory in the home folder....

Maybe something went wrong during the updater process and I wasn't there to see the error output? (out of space maybe?)

I hope to have time to try again soon.

Best regards,
Title: Android 0.9-beta For Zaurus Sl-c3x00 (spitz)
Post by: cortez on September 23, 2008, 03:38:37 am
Quote from: matthis
Dear cortez, sorry for late feedback.

I tried the image on my sl-c3200, I let the updater do its work and when I came back I was booted into Poky.
The problem was, there was no android directory in the home folder....

Maybe something went wrong during the updater process and I wasn't there to see the error output? (out of space maybe?)

I hope to have time to try again soon.

Best regards,
I bet you checked in /home/root. Check in /home, the android directory can be found there.
Title: Android 0.9-beta For Zaurus Sl-c3x00 (spitz)
Post by: Kaze on September 23, 2008, 01:14:03 pm
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When I finish the Akita image I could make an image for the c750. But only if you promise me to test it, because I don't have a c750 anymore.
for sure !! I'm dying to play around again a bit with my trusty old Z !!
Title: Android 0.9-beta For Zaurus Sl-c3x00 (spitz)
Post by: brisko on September 26, 2008, 11:42:24 am
Quote from: cortez
Quote from: Kaze
hello, thanks for your hard work, any hope of seeing this build for c750?
When I finish the Akita image I could make an image for the c750. But only if you promise me to test it, because I don't have a c750 anymore.

hello, I would be happy to test on my C760 too
Title: Android 0.9-beta For Zaurus Sl-c3x00 (spitz)
Post by: cortez on October 01, 2008, 01:47:36 am
c7x0 kernel can be found here (http://www.zaurus.org.uk/ubuntu/download/c7x0/zImage-2.6.26-r11-c7x0-20080927175115.bin). You can try to get this working by flashing the kernel and extracting the /home/android directory from the spitz image (android-root.tar.gz (http://www.zaurus.org.uk/ubuntu/download/android-root.tar.gz)) on an ext3 formatted SD or CF. For the time being this has to be done manually. Kaze is already experimenting with it, and I think he uses the angstrom-minimal root file system.

@Kaze: any success on getting Android working on your c750? Did it work on ext2?
Title: Android 0.9-beta For Zaurus Sl-c3x00 (spitz)
Post by: Kaze on October 01, 2008, 04:30:02 am
hello again cortez,
as you said i installed a minimal angstrom along with your kernel and modules,
i can succesfully run your akita root image on ext2
(but quite slowly compared to ext3, so now that i can insmod ext3 i m using an ext3 formatted sd)
unfortunately i get a segmentation fault error when runnin the latest 0.9 root for spitz
anyway the akita image works well although a bit slowly
Title: Android 0.9-beta For Zaurus Sl-c3x00 (spitz)
Post by: cortez on October 01, 2008, 06:17:30 am
Hmm, the segmentation fault could indicate I haven't incorporated the Android patches at all. If so, the problem is that I have to disable more kernel options to make the kernel fit the c7x0. I'll have to check whether it is possible to move over (even) more features into kernel modules.

Quote from: Kaze
hello again cortez,
as you said i installed a minimal angstrom along with your kernel and modules,
i can succesfully run your akita root image on ext2
(but quite slowly compared to ext3, so now that i can insmod ext3 i m using an ext3 formatted sd)
unfortunately i get a segmentation fault error when runnin the latest 0.9 root for spitz
anyway the akita image works well although a bit slowly
Title: Android 0.9-beta For Zaurus Sl-c3x00 (spitz)
Post by: Kaze on October 01, 2008, 07:39:44 am
i don't know if its any indication, but using the same kernel/modules I can run the older akita root you made, and the touchscreen is working so at least the screen patch appears to be in
Title: Android 0.9-beta For Zaurus Sl-c3x00 (spitz)
Post by: speculatrix on October 04, 2008, 05:41:10 am
I'm currently running debian. can I, in theory, just install the android rootfs, chroot and run it that way?
Title: Android 0.9-beta For Zaurus Sl-c3x00 (spitz)
Post by: cortez on October 04, 2008, 01:08:26 pm
Quote from: speculatrix
I'm currently running debian. can I, in theory, just install the android rootfs, chroot and run it that way?
yes you could. You'll need to flash a new kernel though
Title: Android 0.9-beta For Zaurus Sl-c3x00 (spitz)
Post by: brisko on October 06, 2008, 06:09:54 pm
Quote from: cortez
c7x0 kernel can be found here (http://www.zaurus.org.uk/ubuntu/download/c7x0/zImage-2.6.26-r11-c7x0-20080927175115.bin). You can try to get this working by flashing the kernel and extracting the /home/android directory from the spitz image (android-root.tar.gz (http://www.zaurus.org.uk/ubuntu/download/android-root.tar.gz)) on an ext3 formatted SD or CF. For the time being this has to be done manually. Kaze is already experimenting with it, and I think he uses the angstrom-minimal root file system.

@Kaze: any success on getting Android working on your c750? Did it work on ext2?

Trying to test on my C760: But reboot after flashing does not work ...

-I put initrd.bin, gnu.tar, android-root.tar.gz, updater.sh and zimage.bin on an ext3-formatted sd card.
-flashing works, I say no to extracting android-root.tar.gz
-zaurus reboots, screen stays black

Can anyone help ?https://www.oesf.org/forum/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif