Post by: Varti on July 24, 2020, 10:45:43 am
The latest Linux Debian firmware for Cosmo Communicator is now available!
The latest Linux firmware has numerous bug fixes and supports the following new features:
* Phone Calls
* SMS support
* 4G Mobile data support using connman
* Open/Close power save support.
To install Linux please follow this link
http://support.planetcom.co.uk/index.php/Linux_for_Cosmo
To order the latest Linux Media card following this link
https://store.planetcom.co.uk/collections/media-books
Please note that WiFi, phone calls and SMS should work straight away. To activate Mobile Data please follow this link
http://support.planetcom.co.uk/index.php/Cosmo_Linux_Mobile_Data
A big thank you to the Cosmo Communicator open source community for supporting Linux on Cosmo Communicator!
Best regards,
Team Cosmo
Post by: hippodribble on July 24, 2020, 11:55:19 am
I tried installing it from 2 different SD cards (FAT32), but I just get
Detecting old-style custom installers, please wait...
E:/bin/sh failed with status 127
Detecting new style custom installers, please wait...
It then does nothing, even if the "cosmo-customos-installer" folder is the only folder on the FAT32 SD drive.
Has anyone successfully installed it? Are there any tricks to installing Linux? I am using the instructions in the link above.
Post by: hippodribble on July 24, 2020, 01:16:30 pm
Post by: Zarhan on July 24, 2020, 01:33:32 pm
Solved. The installer download kept dropping the connection. Once everything was fully downloaded, I was able to install KDE. Now I need the root password to install more apps. Anybody know what it is?
I have no idea since I have not tried to install the Linux, but if it's a standard Debian, there is actually no root account login directly. Use sudo. Or if you want to get to a root shell, just do 'sudo su -'.
Post by: cam1965 on July 24, 2020, 03:25:06 pm
Post by: rachid on July 25, 2020, 03:56:59 am
Solved. The installer download kept dropping the connection. Once everything was fully downloaded, I was able to install KDE. Now I need the root password to install more apps. Anybody know what it is?
cosmo/cosmo
See here
http://support.planetcom.co.uk/index.php/Linux_for_Cosmo
Post by: rachid on July 25, 2020, 03:58:52 am
I have not installed this firmware. But the old one. After some modifications , dialer and messaging are working. But not internet data with sim card. Tried everything and nothing. I have a lot of applications and configurations on my installed linux and I´d like to know if someone that have already this version installed can confirm to me if the internet data with sim card is really working. I have already mentioned this before : https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?topic=36304.0 .Thank you.
Maybe this helps?
http://support.planetcom.co.uk/index.php/Cosmo_Linux_Mobile_Data
Post by: cam1965 on July 25, 2020, 07:05:28 am
I have downloaded the new image , extracted the zip file and mounted the kde system image. So I have copied the contents of /etc/ofono to my linux installation ( /etc/ofono )and voilà. Problem solved.
Post by: cmutz on July 25, 2020, 10:05:31 am
I have not installed this firmware. But the old one. After some modifications , dialer and messaging are working. But not internet data with sim card. Tried everything and nothing. I have a lot of applications and configurations on my installed linux and I´d like to know if someone that have already this version installed can confirm to me if the internet data with sim card is really working. I have already mentioned this before : https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?topic=36304.0 .Thank you.
I have installed the new firmware yesterday and I can confirm that internetdata via sim does work using connmanager as well as the installed dialer does. Didn't test SMS though.
Post by: bolderz on July 25, 2020, 11:47:03 am
Despite setting the keyboard layout to
Code: [Select]
Keyboard model: Planet | Planet Computers Cosmo Communicator
Layout: English(UK)I cannot find a key combination to give "-" for example. Also the some of the keys don't map crrectly, "/" gives "<" for example.Using sudo bash to get root, I have run apt update and apt upgrade, but I am getting a certificate warning. From re-running apt update, it looks as if the update worked.
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root@cosmopda:/home/cosmo# apt update
Hit:2 https://deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease
Hit:3 http://gemian-buster.thinkglobally.org/buster buster InRelease
Get:1 https://gemian.thinkglobally.org/buster buster InRelease [4104 B]
Ign:1 https://gemian.thinkglobally.org/buster buster InRelease
Fetched 4104 B in 1s (5084 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
W: GPG error: https://gemian.thinkglobally.org/buster buster InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 6669378035F4918C
Also I cannot get the Device Notifier popup to scroll despite having a scroll bar which activates.Is there something obvious I am missing or is there a fault? Is everyone else using a different keyboard?
Post by: lokomoko on July 25, 2020, 07:34:18 pm
Despite setting the keyboard layout toCode: [Select]Keyboard model: Planet | Planet Computers Cosmo CommunicatorI cannot find a key combination to give "-" for example. Also the some of the keys don't map crrectly, "/" gives "<" for example.
Layout: English(UK)
In my Post 11 (https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?topic=36158.msg295122#msg295122) I mention two ways that made my Fn-key combinations work with a german keyboard.
Post by: drbytes on July 26, 2020, 04:40:49 am
I was hoping this version would allow me to connect my cosmo to a serial console (arduino via ftdi) but I cannot get it to create a device. lsusb tells me the device is connected but no /dev/ttyUSB0 is created, bummer. I also need to check bluetooth.
Where is the kernel for this thing?
Post by: bolderz on July 26, 2020, 10:26:17 am
Many thanks to Piece_Maker for the suggestion and lokomoko for showing me where to look. https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?topic=36158.msg295099#msg295099 (https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?topic=36158.msg295099#msg295099)
Post by: csenarew45 on April 25, 2021, 01:57:17 am
sudo apt install connman cmst mobile-broadband-provider-info ofono-scripts
Currently the install gives errors like:
Temporary failure resolving gemian.thinkglobally.org.....
I believe the install package is not available from this location currently.
Is there another way to get the install?
Post by: cam1965 on April 26, 2021, 06:45:50 am
I tried to install after a reinstall with:
sudo apt install connman cmst mobile-broadband-provider-info ofono-scripts
Currently the install gives errors like:
Temporary failure resolving gemian.thinkglobally.org.....
I believe the install package is not available from this location currently.
Is there another way to get the install?
Same error here when updating cosmo
Err:1 http://gemian-buster.thinkglobally.org/buster buster InRelease
Could not resolve 'gemian-buster.thinkglobally.org'
Hit:2 https://deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease
Hit:3 https://gemian.thinkglobally.org/buster buster InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://gemian-buster.thinkglobally.org/buster/dists/buster/InRelease Could not resolve 'gemian-buster.thinkglobally.org'
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.